How do scientific ideas travel through government policy? A case study of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) theory in Wales.

这个项目是对不良童年经历（ACE）的科学理论在威尔士政策圈中的传播的分析。ACE是一个有影响力的，但备受争议的，早期生活和成人结果之间关系的理论。这个项目使用定性和基于桌面的方法来询问谁，出于什么原因，该理论在威尔士政策圈中流传-以及产生了什么影响。从这个案例研究，并作为对循证决策的更广泛的辩论的贡献，它还旨在更一般地说明科学思想进入政治辩论的运动。

This project is an analysis of the circulation of the scientific theory of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) in Welsh policy circles. ACE is an influential, but much contested, theory of the relationship between early life and adult outcomes. This project uses qualitative and desk-based methods to ask for whom, and for what reason, the theory circulates in Welsh policy circles - and with what effects. From this case study, and as a contribution to wider debates on evidence-based policymaking, it also aims at a more general account of the movement of scientific ideas into political debates.